coral feeding

[jwhitlow1031]

i have some star polyps, zoa's, mushrooms, ricordia, and a tubeworm. what should be fed to this little guys and by what method?

 

[Fast Fred]

Good light and maybe some weekly live phytoplankton.

 

[jwhitlow1031]

so even for the tubeworm? think that would be good enough? i have seen some "target foods" that are to be used by trapping the food around the object needing to be fed, are there any benefits to using some sort of product like this either for the tubeworm or the corals?

 

[bertoni]

I feed phytoplankton daily and would recommend that for your tank. Target-feeding can be a good idea, but not for your animals. The tubeworm might get overwhelmed by too much food at once, and the other animals don't really need it.

 

[jwhitlow1031]

wont adding to much phytoplankton mess up the water chemistry?

 

[bertoni]

If phytoplankton is overfed, cyanobacteria might make an appearance. Other than that, I haven't seen any problems. Start with a small dose, and build up slowly.

 

[fishaholic911]

bertoni hit the nail on the head. coral in the ocean get feed more than once a week. If you feed them daily with marine snow selcon dt's coral plankton they will not only servive but grow

 

[Fast Fred]

JB,

How much Phyto do you feed daily? For how big of a system?

 

[bertoni]

I feed about 1 tsp per 10 gallons of actual tank water column, at this point. It depends on the tank.